Leh is beautiful. It only got opened up to Tourism in 1974, and it has spoiled the place a ton, but there are still many friendly locals who are Tibetan Buddhist. www.isec.org.uk showed me a video (Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladahk) on Leh yesterday which was great. There is a book also which I highly recommend! I could do a lot worse than to come back here after my traveling and try and work as a volunteer. It is quite a coincidence, but they are based in Foxhole - where Dartington College is. The temples, gompas, chortens, and mosques are very nice indeed. Tomorrow I am hoping to Mountain bike to Tikse - which is called "Little Lhasa" by the locals because it has a temple that makes it look very much like the capital of
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